diff --git a/sci-astronomy/celestia/celestia-1.7.0_pre20200316.ebuild b/sci-astronomy/celestia/celestia-1.7.0_pre20200316.ebuild
index c38a6c82ab31d..a5fe892dd0d38 100644
--- a/sci-astronomy/celestia/celestia-1.7.0_pre20200316.ebuild
+++ b/sci-astronomy/celestia/celestia-1.7.0_pre20200316.ebuild
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	virtual/jpeg:0
 	virtual/opengl
 	glut? ( media-libs/freeglut )
-	lua? ( dev-lang/lua:* )
+	lua? ( dev-lang/lua:0= )
 	qt5? (
 		dev-qt/qtcore:5
 		dev-qt/qtgui:5